Candle-holder.



No. 633,900. Patentad Sept. 26, |s99..,

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'OANDLE HOLDER,

(Application mu; '1'. 2a, 1899.)

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ ROBERT F. PERKINS, on ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI;

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 633.900, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed February 23, 18 99. -Seri a1No.706,533. (N model.)

To. ail whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT F, PERKINS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Candlepart of this specification and wherein like figures refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure I is a side view of my device suspended from a support. Fig. II is a plan view thereof, and Fig. III is a detail of the blank forming the cup of the candle-holder. My device consists of a cylindrical candleholder 1,. provided with a drip-cup 2. Depending from this drip-cup is a wire rod 3, whose lower end has a ball or weight 4, of clay or other suitable material. The upper portion of the wire rod has a semicircular bend or curve, while the lower portion is preferably straight. At the lower end of the semicircularcurve the wire is bent sharply to form an eye 5, and engaging with this'eye is another eye 6, at the end of a hook or loop of wire 7. The length of this hook orloop is about onehalf the diameter'of the curve in the wire rod, so that when the device is suspended by this hook from a limb of atree the limb will be near the center of the curve. Thusv the wire rod clears the limb andto a large extent also the leaves or needles thereon, so that they ofi'er practically no resistance to the tendency of the weight to maintain a vertical position of the candle. So, also, on account of the loose connection of the two eyes,which constitute, in effect, a universal joint, the actual position of the hook does not interfere with the candle assuming avertical position.

The drip-cup and candle-holder may be made ofone piece of the form shown in Fig.

III, consisting of a circular body portion and holes in the body portion and bent, as shown.

Obviously my invention admits of considerablevariation from the form shown in the drawings, and I do not wish to limit myself thereto. For instance, instead of eyes being formed in the wires mere loops will suffice,

or other forms of universal joint may be sub stituted. SoQalso, instead of a candle-holder, any ornamental device may be mounted on the wire,and the Weight may be made ornamental in appearance.

What I claim is 1. A Christmas-tree light consisting of a candle-holder, a wire dependingtherefrom, a

weight at the end of said wire, and a hook for suspending the same, said hook having a loop in its end engaging a loop provided therefor in the depending wire, substantially as described.

:2. A Christmas-tree light consisting of a candle-holder, a wire depending therefrom and having its upper portion curved, a weight at the lower end of said wire, and a hook'for suspending the same, said hook having a loop in its end engaging a loop provided therefor in the depending wire at the lower end of the curved portion, substantially as described.

3..A Christmas-tree light consisting of a metal blank having a T- shaped projecting portion folded back and bent to form a candle-holder, a weighted wire depending therefrom and having its upper end curved, and a wire hook having an eye engaging an eye formed in said depending wire at the. lower end of its curved portion, substantially as described.

ROBERT F. PERKINS. In presence of JOHN B. RENO, JAMES A, CARR. 

